Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 12:43:32 11/16/01
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On November 16, 2001 at 14:14:29, Slater Wold wrote:
>On November 16, 2001 at 13:56:14, Roy Eassa wrote:
>
>>Agreed: having the strongest chess program for the PC will lend MS significant
>>prestige.
>>
>>Anybody think they have a chance at accomplishing this without buying out Tiger
>>or another of the current top engines?
>
>This is *NOT* *NOT* *NOT* going to happen.
>
>If MS DOES decide it's going to release "..the world's strongest chess
>program.." they *CANNOT * buy one!
Yeah, sure.
If MS wanted to have the best Internet browser in the world, they would not buy
one?
Well that's exactly what they did. They bought Mosaic, now it's called Internet
Explorer (I concede it has been improved since).
Christophe
>It's like IBM coming out and saying, "..we are going to beat Kasparov with this
>chess program we just bought.."
>
>YOU CANNOT DO THAT! YOU HAVE TO CREATE IT YOURSELF!
>
>If there is even a SLIGHT chance someone will figure out this program is
>actually someone elses, it will kill ALL the hype. That's not something MS is
>going to risk.
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